I have a set that I got when I purchased my HQ sweet sixteen sitdown (sews like a domestic vs a long arm) and have never used them honestly. But by that point I had already done quite a bit of FMQ on my domestic, so I was used to the motion and feel/pressure of moving the fabric with my hands. I am exactly the opposite of you. A long arm scares the bejeebers out of me because I am so used to moving the fabric rather than the machine.